Initial Calibration of the AEDC Impulse Tunnel

Abstract

Shakedown and calibration tests are being conducted in the new free-piston shock-heated Impulse Tunnel at AEDC. These tests have successfully demonstrated the facility's ability to produce high-velocity test gas at high density. The low-pressure calibration is considered completed, Nozzle stagnation pressures to 650 bar at enthalpies to 12.5 MJ/kg are available for test programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA311751

Entities

People

  • James R. Blanks

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Data Analysis
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.